About the Role
Daikin Applied is seeking a Project Engineer in our Jersey City, NJ office to manage customer satisfaction, act as a liaison between customers and factories, and ensure project scope is met. This role involves analyzing changes, managing project financials, and providing technical expertise.
Responsibilities
- Manage overall customer satisfaction by ensuring the complete scope of work purchased by the customer is accurately communicated, ordered and delivered in full.
- Serve as the liaison between the customer, sales team and equipment factories to troubleshoot and address technical issues and customer questions.
- Effectively communicate with the customer to determine project timelines, scheduling and required ship dates.
- Analyze customer and engineering requests for changes to the initial project scope of work and implement these changes into the project as required.
- Responsible for the accuracy of the project financials from job costing through customer invoicing.
- Assist the sales team with technical expertise in the selection/application of standard and/or modified products.
- Create professional, technical submittal documents in accordance with the project drawings, specifications and scope of work sold for submission to the customer.
- Monitor the submittal approval process to minimize impact to the overall project schedule.
- Provide prompt, accurate responses to sales inquiries regarding special applications, systems or pricing (Daikin Tools Quotations).
- Interface with sales team for technical solutions, including use of Daikin energy analyzer and acoustics software as required.
- Coordinate with Application Engineering and Technical Response Groups efforts to provide pre- and post-sales support.
- Keep current on new products by attending technical training and sales meetings.
- Process and execute orders in compliance with the project drawings, specifications and scope of work sold.
- Manage the post-sale process from shipping, start-up request and warranty issues through project close out.
- May assist with estimating of projects and creating professional, high-grade sales proposals from RFP/RFI from clients for Daikin Applied.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience in engineering, technical, or scientific field.
- 3+ years related work experience.
- Experience in HVAC preferred.
- Work visa sponsorship is not available for this position.
Skills
- Technical expertise
- Project management
- Customer service
- Communication
- Financial management
- Sales support
- Technical writing
- Problem-solving
- Daikin energy analyzer
- Acoustics software
Location
- Jersey City, NJ
Work Type
- Hybrid
Experience Level
- 3+ years related work experience
Education Level
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience in engineering, technical, or scientific field
Salary/Compensations
- $74,500.00 - $117,100.00 USD Annual
Benefits
- Multiple Medical insurance plan options + Dental and Vision insurance
- 401K retirement plan with employer contributions matching 100% of the first 3% an employee contributes and 50% on the next 2% of employee contributions
- Company provided life insurance + optional employee paid voluntary life insurance, dependent life coverage and voluntary accident coverage
- Short term and long-term disability
- 120 hours (3 weeks) Paid Time Off for new employees + 11 company paid holidays
- 40 hours paid sick time
- Paid Parental Leave
- Tuition Reimbursement after 6 months of continuous service
About the Company
- Daikin Applied is the world's largest HVAC company.
- Named by Forbes as one of America's Best-In-State Employers 2025.
